business start ups
Victoria-based entrepreneur fair expanding to host Nanaimo market day
NANAIMO - Inspiring the next generation of small business owners and entrepreneurs is the goal of a Victoria-based event's expansion into the mid-Island. After six years of success in Victoria, Kidovate, run by a pair of University of Victoria professors, is making contact with central and north Island budding entrepre...
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Dried Up
Clippers offence goes cold in loss to Grizzlies
NANAIMO - The Clippers streak of ten straight games with a point came to an end against the Victoria Grizzlies.Nanaimo's run of 8-0-2 was stopped thanks to a 3-1 Grizzlies road win at Frank Crane Arena,The opening minute set a tone for the game with Patrick Fortune taking a high stick and then Jack Kohlmann sprinting d...
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Making a difference
Parksville Wounded Warriors runner receives hero's welcome
PARKSVILLE - Well over halfway through an impactful relay run, a Parksville Fire Rescue member broke down in response to a strong outpouring of support. Parksville Fire Rescue's Karen Petraschuk is one of eight Wounded Warriors Canada runners on an 800 kilometer, eight day trek in support Vancouver Island trauma-expos...
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'It means a lot to me:' VIU chef preps for international cooking showdown
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business start ups
Victoria-based entrepreneur fair expanding to host Nanaimo market day
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Dried Up
Clippers offence goes cold in loss to Grizzlies
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Nanaimo, Parksville and Area
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Nanaimo skies to offer prime conditions for rare planetary alignment
NANAIMO - Clear skies are set to afford local stargazers near ideal conditions to spot most of our celestial neighbours. Six planets will be visible above the horizon shortly after sunset on Saturday, Feb. 28, stretching across the sky on a line astronomers call the ecliptic from the lower western sky to the higher eas...
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ominous record
New BC daily record of nearly 300 overdose calls reported, 20 in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - While fewer people died from toxic drugs in the province last year, there's been a troubling surge of overdose events recently. BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) informed NanaimoNewsNOW paramedics responded to 284 overdoses/drug poisoning events in B.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 25, representing a new daily recor...
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spring break
'This is broadening his world:' Nanaimo teen fulfilling life dream in Mexico
NANAIMO - A local teenager will spend spring break in Mexico floating down lazy rivers and relaxing on warm, tropical beaches.Jonathan Dean, 18, lives with CHARGE syndrome, a rare genetic condition which greatly affects his sensory inputs, leaving him visually impaired and profoundly deaf in both ears.But he was all sm...
Feb 27, 2026
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Performance Spikes
Mariners volleyball teams seeded second entering PACWEST provincials
NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners volleyball teams are hoping to hit their peak at PACWEST provincials and earn their way to the CCAA nationals. It's a been a consistent year for the women and year of strong growth for the men's side with both squads finishing second in the regular season. The women finished 16-4 and drew Cam...
Feb 27, 2026
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deep meaning
Qualicum artist creates design for annual Canucks First Nations game
QUALICUM BAY - Ocean Hyland said the full realization of having her artwork on display in front of around 19,000 Canuck fans at Rogers Arena, as well as a national TV audience, won't sink in until the night of the game. Hyland, who is from the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation in the Lower Mainland but moved to the mid-Islan...
Feb 27, 2026
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police response
Alleged Gabriola Island meth dealer charged
NANAIMO - Gabriola Island RCMP arrested a local man, who was subsequently charged with trafficking methamphetamine. Paul James Dick, 63, has been charged with trafficking in a controlled substance. A BC RCMP news release stated the investigation against Dick began late in 2024 and that he's accused of trafficking metha...
Feb 27, 2026
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British Columbia
Nine candidates make the cut in the race for the leadership of B.C. Conservatives
VICTORIA - The B.C. Conservative Party says nine candidates have advanced to the next phase of the race to replace former leader John Rustad, but one of the candidates who did not make the cut says the party must remain "grounded in genuine Conservativ...
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B.C. RCMP say three foreign nationals charged with extortion, one suspect at large
SURREY - Police say three foreign nationals face extortion and firearms charges amid a spasm of shootings at homes and businesses in British Columbia. The charges were announced Friday by the B.C. Extortion Task Force, set up to investigate the dozens...
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Chilliwack, B.C., school trustee Laurie Throness resigns over free speech 'chill'
CHILLIWACK - A school trustee in Chilliwack, B.C., has resigned his position, saying he "no longer feels safe in expressing" himself after the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal's decision to fine former trustee Barry Neufeld $750,000. Laurie Throness says in...
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Pedestrian killed by train in Maple Ridge, B.C., RCMP say
MAPLE RIDGE - A man has been struck and killed by a train in Maple Ridge, B.C. RCMP say officers were called Friday afternoon to a report of a person being hit along the tracks on River Road. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. RCMP say they ar...
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Witness denies Vancouver officers on Myles Gray's back before his death
VANCOUVER - One of the Vancouver officers who responded to the scene after a man was beaten by police in 2015 faced questioned of discrepancies between notes he took that day and how he describes the situation more than 10 years later. Const. Chris Bow...
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ominous record
New BC daily record of nearly 300 overdose calls reported, 20 in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - While fewer people died from toxic drugs in the province last year, there's been a troubling surge of overdose events recently. BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) informed NanaimoNewsNOW paramedics responded to 284 overdoses/drug poisoning events in B.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 25, representing a new daily recor...
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Performance Spikes
Mariners volleyball teams seeded second entering PACWEST provincials
NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners volleyball teams are hoping to hit their peak at PACWEST provincials and earn their way to the CCAA nationals. It's a been a consistent year for the women and year of strong growth for the men's side with both squads finishing second in the regular season. The women finished 16-4 and drew Cam...
Feb 27, 2026
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changing rooms
New dressing room under construction at Oceanside Place
PARKSVILLE - Shovels are in the ground on new dressing room facilities for the VIJHL's Oceanside Generals. Supported financially in part by the Regional District of Nanaimo, the project at Oceanside Place is part of the requirements teams must undertake as part of the VIJHL's move from Junior B to Junior A status in Ju...
Feb 22, 2026
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Best in Sport
Nanaimo celebrates Sport Achievement Awards and Hall of Fame inductions
NANAIMO - The best accomplishments in local sports were recognized at the 21st annual Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards.The ceremony was at the Coastal Bastion Hotel on Friday, Feb. 20 and also included three inductions into the Nanaimo Sports Hall of Fame.Seventeen annual awards were given out along with two special aw...
Feb 21, 2026
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ClippersNOW
Dried Up
Clippers offence goes cold in loss to Grizzlies
NANAIMO - The Clippers streak of ten straight games with a point came to an end against the Victoria Grizzlies.Nanaimo's run of 8-0-2 was stopped thanks to a 3-1 Grizzlies road win at Frank Crane Arena,The opening minute set a tone for the game with Patrick Fortune taking a high stick and then Jack Kohlmann sprinting d...
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Back Home
Hutchison succeeding in the crease for hometown Clippers
NANAIMO - Matthew Hutchison has had a junior hockey homecoming with the Clippers. The 19-year-old joined the club in January after the last two seasons in the WHL with Vancouver, Moose Jaw and Regina. Back in 2021, Hutchison started his career with games with Cowichan Valley in the BCHL and the Giants in the WHL. He al...
Feb 26, 2026
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Dominating the Eagles
Clippers win big in Surrey
SURREY - The Clippers continue to roll in 2026 with their latest win a 6-1 triumph over Surrey.After a bumpy start to the game the Clippers came out of the first period with a 1-0 lead.Half way throught the opening frame Caden Okovita was assessed a major penalty and a game misconduct for checking from behind.Nanaimo k...
Feb 23, 2026
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Canada
Canada's pro-U.S. stance in Iran attack carries security risks, experts say
Canada's support for U.S. strikes against Iran could come with security risks as Iran looks to retaliate against perceived enemies abroad, say experts, who also note the political gamble of betting on an attack with uncertain aims and outcomes. On Satu...
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Here's the latest on the U.S. attack on Iran from a Canadian perspective
The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran in a major attack on Saturday, as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to decimate the country's military, destroy its nuclear program and spur a change in government. Iran retaliated by firing ballist...
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'D-Day for Iranians': Some Iranian Canadians welcome U.S. attack of Iran
Some Iranian Canadians are expressing their support for foreign intervention in Iran after the U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on the Middle Eastern country, sending missiles into Iran overnight. Iranian Canadian filmmaker Ezra Soleh welcomed ...
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Carney says Canada supports U.S. action in Iran but won't get involved militarily
MUMBAI - Prime Minister Mark Carney said he supports the U.S. action in Iran, but Canada will not get directly involved in the conflict after American and Israeli militaries launched an attack on the Middle Eastern country overnight. "We have not been ...
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'Polarized' world is fuelling a growing number of protests in Canada, police say
For hours, protesters slowly marched shoulder to shoulder down Toronto's Yonge Street in what seemed like an endless throng. The scale of the rally could only be truly appreciated in photos taken far above street level, showing a kilometre-long stretch...
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Canada aiming to sign India trade deal this year, Carney says in Mumbai
MUMBAI - Canada is aiming to sign a comprehensive trade deal with India this year, Prime Minister Mark Carney told a business audience in Mumbai Saturday. "We are now negotiating a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, with the intention to dou...
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World
World leaders react cautiously to US and Israeli strikes on Iran as fears grow of a wider war
BRUSSELS (AP) - How long will it last? Will it grow? What will it mean to us - and to global security overall? Those questions echoed across the Middle East and the planet Saturday as world leaders reacted warily to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran tha...
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Russian Foreign Ministry condemns US-Israel strikes on Iran as 'unprovoked act of armed aggression'
Russia's Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as "a pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state," demanding an immediate halt to the military campaign and a...
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Israeli officials say Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead. No word from US or Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, Israeli officials told The Associated Press on Saturday. There was no immediate comment...
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If you're searching for holiday gifts and winter layers, Nanaimo has a new must-visit destination. Mountain Equipment Company (MEC) has officially opened its doors at 2517 Bowen Road, bringing its trusted lineup of outdoor gear, apparel, and expert guidance to the region, just in time for the winter season. From season...
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CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
It's a rewarding experience filled with unconditional love and the opportunity to change the life of someone who is blind.Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Guide Dogs is urgently looking for volunteers to raise future guide dogs for people who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision."There's a huge...
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Vancouver Island Economic Alliance - Celebrate Island Good in June
The Vancouver Island Economic Alliance brought Island Good to life in 2018. Since then, Island Good has become the leader in helping Island residents find locally grown, made and produced products. Now, more than ever, that consumer sentiment to support local is growing. Let Island Good help you find the way to island ...
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